Recent EEOC Statistics Show Gradual Decline in Charges Filed

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released statistics breaking down charges filed from FY 2009-2011, state-by-state.  Wisconsin has slowly been declining in the number of charges filed going from 1, 177 in 2009 to 1,049 in 2010 to 993 in 2011.  Charges also went down  or stayed about the same in nearly protected class category except race and color.  The rest of the statistics can be viewed here.